How much is it to build a house in Volcan and Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, Panama?

The price of a house in Volcán is similar to Boquete. The only difference is the land is cheaper in Volcan, at around US $30 to $50 per sq. meter.  (This would translate to a quarter of an acre costing from around $30,000 to around $50,000.)

 

There are no condos or apartments in Volcán because it has plenty of land. The people don't build those because they would be difficult to sell. So the people in Volcán build houses instead.

The price of a house in Volcán is similar to Boquete. The only difference is the land is cheaper in Volcan, at around US $30 to $50 per sq. meter.  (This would translate to a quarter of an acre costing from around $30,000 to around $50,000.)

 

There are no condos or apartments in Volcán because it has plenty of land. The people don't build those because they would be difficult to sell. So the people in Volcán build houses instead.

 

The cost of building a home would be anywhere from US $500 per sq. meter (about $46 per square foot) for a simple Panamanian home with a standard A-frame aluminum roof with no anti-rust coating, half of the bathroom wall tiled, cheap tiles for the kitchen counter and the floor, and a ceiling covered with the cheap 2x2 suspended ceiling tiles. For $650 per sq. meter (around $60 / square foot), you would get a treated aluminum roof which would look like Spanish tiles, tiles in your home halfway up the walls, a little better appliances, with hot water connection. And for an American standard home with the best quality appliances, the best roof, good fixtures, American style all the way around, the best tiles, hot water, you'll be paying anywhere from US $800 to maybe even more per sq. meter ($73 / square foot). 

 

A lot of people have a larger track of land in Volcán and Cerro Punta. You can find a piece of land anywhere between 500 sq. meters (about an eighth of an acre) up to many hectares (a hectare is about two and a half acres) , and they'll be happy to subdivide their land for you. The land in Volcán and Cerro Punta is a lot cheaper than in Boquete. For example, if you would like to buy 1 acre (4,000 sq. meters) of land in Volcán that cost you about US $120,000 and if you want a quarter acre, that would cost you about US $30,000.

The cost of building a house in Volcán will be approximately $55 - $75 a square foot depending on the materials you use. That does not include the cost of your land and the improvements of infrastructure of your land. If you want a true American-style kitchen, it will cost approximately $7,000 for American-style appliances and an American-style washer and drier. 

 

In Kentucky, building a house costs at least $100 - $120 a square foot, depending...

The cost of building a house in Volcán will be approximately $55 - $75 a square foot depending on the materials you use. That does not include the cost of your land and the improvements of infrastructure of your land. If you want a true American-style kitchen, it will cost approximately $7,000 for American-style appliances and an American-style washer and drier. 

 

In Kentucky, building a house costs at least $100 - $120 a square foot, depending on the way you finish it out. The building materials are different here in Volcán than in Central Kentucky, where you’ll see primarily stick-built homes, which to date I’ve only ever seen one here in Volcán. Most of the homes built in Volcán are concrete and steel frame homes, so you don’t see much wood used.

 

Also, there’s no heating and air conditioning, which is a huge expense that you would have in most places in the United States and in some places here in Panama. You have both central air and localized room-to-room air condition systems here in Panama, but in Volcán, it’s just simply not necessary. 

 

We have a small little dehumidifier that we use once every three weeks here in Volcán. There are large portions of the year when we don’t need the dehumidifier at all, and at some points, in the heavier rainy season when it’s like you live in the clouds, you would want to use the dehumidifier.  

 

(Custom home, Volvan, Panama, pictured.)